Unexpected Second Chance at Love

Chu Li Xiang stare lifelessly at the mirror above and he was unable to take the pain that crawled inside his body. His eyes rolled back, and he slips into unconsciousness.

Eyes kept on the man, Lu Tian did not feel sorry for him at all. He leans the axe against the brick table.

\”Make sure he doesnʼt die.\”

He instructs in a low voice that almost sounded like a growl. Without giving Chu Li Xiang another look, he turns and head for the double doors leading out of the room.

Watching his figure disappears behind the door, Ye Zhongwei quickly got to work. He picks up what ever medical things he needed and walks over to Chu Li Xiangʼs body.

His shook and he sighs aloud, \”Well, arenʼt you an ugly sight to see.\”

As Ye Zhongwei began to perform medical procedures on the man, Liu Shan, Lin Hui and Qi Li quietly sat at the side. The three men looked like they were sitting at a movie theater. Each person enjoying the good show that will be starting again.

They had been curious as to why there would be mirrors on the ceiling, but after seeing what just happened, they finally understood.

Lu Tian wanted Chu Li Xiang to watch himself get tortured then fed to the sharks.

The need for Ye Zhongwei is so that the doctor can keep Chu Li Xiang alive. Enough for him to die a slow and painful death.

Outside the room, Lu Tian stood in the middle of the dimly lit hallway. In his hand was the bloodstained ultrasound photo of his and Yue Lingʼs unborn child.

He kept the photo in his wallet because he couldnʼt bring himself to throw or put it away. It was the proof of their child and that he or she existed.

Their little one must have been in so much pain and yet they were unable to do anything. They couldnʼt even wrap their arms around him and tell him not to be afraid, and that everything is going to be okay.

Gazing down at the photo, his thumb gently caress it and he subconsciously steps back. Once he felt the hard wall on his back, he sits down.

He press the photo against his forehead and close his eyes. His wifeʼs words came to his thoughts.

At the time, he looked like he was asleep, but he had heard her words. Every detail of her dream, he had heard it all.

ʼHe wanted me to tell you that he is not mad at you.ʼ

Even if he was always jealous and didnʼt look like he would be a good father, the moment he found out his wife was pregnant, he swore inside that he would do whatever it takes to be good father.

No, to be the best father. He wanted to be the kind of father their child can look up to. He wanted to give their child the world.

Slowly opening his eyes, he gaze at the photo for another minute then place it inside his wallet. Taking his phone out, he dials a number then brought the phone to his ear.

The call rang three times before the line connects and the voice of the person he loves chimes into his ears.

[\”Tian?\”]

\”Mm.\”

He answers shortly with a mm, but hearing her voice that was faintly hoarse, he felt his heart ache in pain.

If he wasnʼt here, he would have stayed with her. He would hold her tightly in his arms and tell her that everything will be okay.

He is here to shoulder the pain and grief with her. Even if he has to carry the weigh on his shoulders alone, he doesnʼt mind.

[\”Is everything okay? Why are you so quiet?\”]

Hearing her worried voice, Lu Tian came back from his daze. The cold air that emitted from him quickly disappears and he smiles a faint, yet painful smile.

Her voice alone was enough for him to know that she is trying her best to sound normal. However, not wanting her to know that he had heard her cry, he decides to keep his composure.

\”Everything is fine here. I just wanted to hear your voice.\”

[\”I… I wanted to hear your voice too.\”]

Lu Tianʼs faint smile curls up more, but only by a little. Lifting his other hand to check the time on his watch, he sighs inside.

He wanted to listen to her voice some more, but it was almost midnight.

After Doctor Dongʼs full on lecture, he needs to pay more attention to her health. The old man said she may look fine, but at this moment, she is in a more weaken state than before.

Her strength to move around was because she blocked out the truth in order to capture Chu Li Xiang. However, now that the man has been captured, the reality sheʼs been trying to avoid is coming back to her.

He struggles a difficult gulp and spoke to her.

\”Get some sleep. I will return to your side soon.\”

[\”Mm.\”]

If it had been anyone else, Lu Tian would have ended the call by now, but at this moment he couldnʼt.

As his wife was waited for him to end the call, he was also waiting for her. He could hear her very faint breathing from the other line as he knew she had been crying to herself.

When Tang Zhonghui called Liu Shan, the man had informed them that Yue Ling wanted to be alone, so Grandfather Ji was sent home.

The thought of her all alone in the hospital is killing him. However, fighting between the urge to run back to his wifeʼs side, Lu Tian takes a deep breath to steady himself.

\”Yue Ling.\”

He broke the long silence between them by calling her name as she answered with a faint mm.

\”I love you desperately.\”

Though his words were short, he hopes that each word reaches her.

To let her know that what ever the world has in store for them, his feelings will always remain the same.

[\”I love you too… I love you always.\”]

Her words stirred his heart like waves in the ocean. Not in a bad way, but in a good way. He slowly close his eyes and quickly as her words fell, so did the phone call end.

His eyes slowly reopen and the dangerous look inside his dark pupils returned to its usual coldness.

Putting his phone back inside his pocket, he walks back in the direction of the metal double doors.

He could have just ended Chu Li Xiangʼs life with a bullet, but that would be letting the man off too easily.

All the pain his wife is going through right now, Chu Li Xiang must die a slow death.

So slow that he wish he was already dead.